Turner tosses 4 TDs to lead Seaside in blowout win over Pajaro Valley

APTOS — Seaside's Michael Turner threw for more yards on his touchdowns passes than Pajaro Valley High's football team put up as a whole Friday night at Trevin Dilfer Memorial Field in Aptos.

The Seaside High senior quarterback threw for 274 yards and four touchdowns, leading the Spartans to a 48-0 shutout victory over the Grizzlies in a Monterey Bay League Pacific Division game.

Turner threw touchdown passes to three different receivers from 24, 50, 77 and 67 yards out.

With the win, Seaside (5-0, 2-0 MBL-P) will now shift its attention to next Friday night when it hosts Monte Vista Christian (5-0, 1-0) at 7:30 p.m. It will be a battle between two undefeated teams and the two preseason favorites to win the league.

MVC defeated North Salinas 55-14 on Friday night.

"It's going to be a great game. Monte Vista always plays us tough," Seaside coach Al Avila said. "They are well coached, they throw that ball and air it out. I think it will be good for them and for us. We have to play better and improve our intensity level."

Even lacking the intensity level, the Spartans proved too much for a much younger, smaller and inexperienced Grizzlies team.

Seaside's big-play capability showed big in the first half as the Spartans ran only 12 offensive plays but scored five touchdowns en route to a 34-0 halftime lead.

Chris Evans had two touchdown receptions from 24 and 67 yards out — on his only two catches of the game — for a game-high 91 yards, Joseph Jakubowski also had two catches for 90 yards, including a 77-yard touchdown. Turner connected with his younger brother Ronald Turner twice, also for 77 yards and a 50-yard touchdown.

"We try to keep these kids level headed and we're still not where we should be," Avila said.

If playing against a team who was superior in all facets wasn't enough for Pajaro Valley, the Grizzlies committed four turnovers on their first four possessions. Seaside capitalized on each, scoring a touchdown on all four.

Pajaro Valley quarterback Eddie Medina completed 5 of 11 pass attempts for only 14 yards and was picked off on three of his first four pass attempts.

Marcus Dunn, Mario Cook and Evans each had an interception for Seaside in the victory.

"We're young and it shows," Pajaro Valley coach Joe Gregorio said. "The seniors are starting to lay the ground work. And this was against a state-ranked team. There's no magic cure except for hard work and learning how to play the game of football."

The Grizzlies didn't turn the ball over in the second half and found some success running the ball, thanks in large part to the Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz County rushing leader Anthony Cantrell, who rushed for 69 yards on 17 carries to lead the team. Cantrell also led the team in receiving, catching four balls for 10 yards in the loss.

Cantrell was benched for the first quarter of the game for disciplinary reasons and Gregorio feels he has learned his lesson.

"Anthony came back in the second, third and fourth quarter and played his butt off," Gregorio said of his star running back. "He learned his lesson and he won't be making any more mistakes."